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JAMES L. BUTLER, OF HUNTLEY, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO- THIRDS TOGEORGE E. BUTLER AND SAMUEL A. HOWARD, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR WIRING WOOD FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,323, dated February21, 1893.

Application filed September 30, 1892. Serial No. 447,390. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES L. BUTLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Huntley, in the county of Sampson and State of NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Wiring WoodFences, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in .an apparatus for wiring woodfences.

The object of the present invention is to enable wire and wood fences tobe rapidly erected in a strong and durable manner at the expenditure ofa minimum amount of labor and material.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wire fencingapparatus embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailperspective view of a portion of the fence. Fig. 3 is an elevationillustrating the arrangement of the tension device at the end of thefence.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw- 1ngs.

1, 1 designate horizontal fence wires stretched from a corner post 2 tointermediate posts 3, 4: and 5, and consisting preferably of stout wireand forming a backing or support for palings 6 which are secured nearthe top and bottom by upper and lower twisting wires 7 and 8 which arepassed above and below the horizontal fence wires to form loops for thereception of the palings. The twisting wires are preferably drawn fromcoils 9 and 10, and the portions of the twisting wires between the posts3 and 5, constitute upper and lower tension wires which may, if desired,be constructed separate from the twisting wires. The upper twisting wirehas its tension wire 11 passing over an" upper pulley 12 arranged nearthe top of the post 4 and over a similar pulley 13 located near theupper end of the post 5, and has suspended from it between the posts atand 5, a weight 14 which maintains the upper twisting wire at thedesired tension. The lower twisting wire 8 has its tension portion orwire passing under a pulley 16 mounted on the post 3 near the lower endthereof, and the said tension wire 15 extends upward from the pulley 16over the pulleys 12 and 13, and has suspended from it between the posts4 and 5 a weight 17 which maintains the lower twisting wire at theproper tension. Both the tension wires are passed several times aroundthe upper pulley 13 to prevent the action of the weights uncoiling thewires.

The fence is constructed by first placing the second slat 19 in first,and then drawing the twisting wire between. the slat 19 and the post 2over and under the fence wire 1, thereby forming an under loop for thefirst paling 21 and partially forming the upper loop 22 for the secondpaling. By moving the second paling along the horizontal fence wirestoward the first paling, the twisting wire is tightened and all slack istaken up by the weights of the tension wires. This operation is repeatedand the third and fourth palings are secured in place; and this mannerof twisting together with the arrangement of the tension device,prevents the twisting wire becoming wrapped around the horizontal fencewire between the point of Weaving and the coil.

The tension device is so constructed that its elements with theexception of the pulleys and weights, are formed by the parts of thefence, and as the fence is erected the tension device is, moved backwardby re-arranging the pulleys on other posts. When the end of the fence isreached the lower pulley is arranged at the bottomof the end post andonly A Supporting posts, upper and lower pulleys arranged on the same, alower tension wire passing under the lower pulley and over the upperpulleys and designed to form a continuation of a twisting wire, an uppertension wire passing over the upper pulleys and designed to form acontinuation of an upper twisting wire, and weights suspended from thewires between the posts and loosely connected with the same, whereby theproper tension may be preserved without requiring a break in a wire,substantially as described.

2. A tension device comprising the supporting posts 3, 4 and 5, thelower pulley 16 arranged near the bottom of the post 3, the upperpulleys 12 and 13 mounted respectively Witnesses:

A. MITCHELL, A. S. LOCKERMAN.

